Shoe clamp



K June 30, 1942. w; E. LANDERS 2,288,532

SHOE'CLAMP Filed June 26, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

Inventor I Attorney June 30, 1942. W.E. LANDERS SHOE CLAMP Filed June26, 1941 Q She'etS-rSheet 2 Inventor i/Z'Zburiflazzdem.

A Home Patented June 30, 1942 8 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Appllcgfii ii u iie 1 94 l, :r i:;: 399,920 3.0laims. (Cl. Iii-26'!)This invention relates to a shoe shining cabinet, the general object ofthe invention being toprovide a cabinet having a number of compartmentstherein for receiving various articles for shining or polishing andcleaning H shoes with means carried by the cabinet for holding shoes ina position where they can be readily cleaned and polished, the shoeholding means including lasts for different sizes of shoes, the lastbeing -removably supported on an upright extending from the top .of thecabinet adjacent one end thereof with a spring member for engaging theheel of the shoe to hold the parts firmly in position while they arebeing cleaned and polished with another upright member for holdingdifferent sizes of shoes while the same are being cleaned and polished.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views. and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the cabinet with parts brokenaway and showing the two shoe holding members.

Figure 2 is a view looking toward the outer side of that shoe holdingmember which is removably attached to an end of the cabinet.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5.0f Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the shoe holding last.

Figure 7 is a view of the bracket forholding the shoe holding member,shown in Figure 2, to an end of the cabinet. i

In these views the cabinet is shown at A and it-'is provided with a highpart a at one end thereof and, the cabinet is divided into a pluralityof compartments B for receiving various articles used in cleaning andpolishing shoes, one of these compartments being located in the part'aand the compartments are closed by doors 2;, That end portion of thecabinet opposite the end having the high part a thereon is openexcepting for a flange i which extends over an end portion of the top ofthis part of the cabinet and a bracket 2 is fastened to this part i byfastening means passing through holes 3 in the bracket into the part I.This bracket is provided with the spaced apart raised portions 4- asshown in dotted lines in Figure 2 and the outer end edges of theseraised portions are notched as shown at 5, see Figure 7. A verticallyarranged shoe supporting member C is detachably connected at its lowerend to the bracket by having the headed lugs 6 extending from its bottomportion for engaging the notches 5, these lugs depending downwardly fromthe lower end of the member C. This member C is of substantially T-shapein cross section to provide a web I and a flat part 8. This flat part isprovided with a lower reduced portion 8' and a tapered part 8" whichtapers upwardlyifrom the upper end of the reduced part as clearly shownin Figure 2. Under the reduced part 8' the web I is provided with alongitudinally extending slot 8 and platesor wings l0 extend outwardly'fromboth sides of the web and under the reduced part and are spacedoutwardly from the slot 9 as shownln Figure 3. A screw shaft ll passesthrough the fiat. washer and holds the part with the plates yieldinglyengaging the web so that the shaft can be adjusted in the slot 9.Theshaft is threaded on those portions which extend from the web, oneportion being reversely threaded relative to the other portion and nutsl6 engage the threaded ,portionsand an upright member i1 is connected tothe outer face of each nut and has a heel engaging clamp ill at itsupper end, the lower end of each member I! sliding on the plate Iii. Acrank handle i9 is connected to one end of the shaft it so that the samecan be rotated to move the members i1 and their clamps i8 toward or awayfrom each other.

.These clamps I! are adapted to engage the sides of a heel of a shoeplaced on the device C.

Projections 2| extend outwardly from both faces of the web I and underan intermediate part of the portion 8", these projections having theirends converging downwardly and a slotted spring member 22 is fastened toeach of the projections by a thumb screw 23 which passes through theslot 24 of the spring. The upper end of the spring is bent slightlyinwardlyto' ing as a spring guard and stabilizer; By adjustfrom theouter face of the member 8" so as to flt shoe soles of differentthicknesses and widths.

As will be understood the shoe to be held bythe deviceis moveddownwardly on the flat part 8" until the side edges of the sole adjacentthe instep are engaged by the flanges ll of the springs 22 and then theshaft H is adjusted in the slot 8 to place the clamps l8 in properposition to fit the sides of the heel of the shoe and then the shaft isturned to cause the flange to move inwardly to grip the sides oftheheel. Thus this device C will hold shoes of diflerent sizes and thisdevice when formed as shown in Figure 2 will hold the shoe withpractically all parts of the device out of the way when the shoe isbeing cleaned or polished.

An upright 21 is attached to the base of the cabinet adjacent the part Iand has its upper end passing through the top of the cabinet with thisupper end bent at right angles as shown at 24. A shoe last 23 has asocket member 30 fastened in the heel portion thereof and this socketmember has a non-circular soclget, 3|

therein for receiving the non-circular end of the partv 28. The partsbeing connected together by a screw 32 passing through a threaded holein the socket member. This last is provided with the heel part 33, seeFigure 6, and the two sections. 34 forming the toe part. the twosections being hinged to the heel part as shown at 38 and the twosections are pressed apart by the spring 38. Thus this last will fitshoes of different sizes so it is not necessary to provide a last foreach size of shoe.

An upright guide member 38 is connected to the bottom of the cabinet bya spring hinge 38, this member being provided with the flanges 40 and anelongated member 4| is slidably arranged in the member 88 having itsside edges flttin in the space formed by the flanges. The member 38 hasa vertical or longitudinal extending slot 42 therein and a lug 43 isfastened to a part of the member 4| passing through the slot andterminates in a collar 44 which slides on a rod '48 carried by the bentparts or brackets 46 extending from the member 38. A spring 41 islocated on the rod and tends to hold the collar 44 against "the lowerbrackets 48. A hook 48 is formed on the upper end of the member 4| and ahandle 43 is also attached to the upper end of this spring 4 I.

A spring clamp 58 is located in the cabinet, as shown in Figure 3, and ashort'tube 8| encloses the upper portion of the spring 41 and a portionof this tube will flt in the clamp 58 when the member 38 is swung to.the right in Figure 3 so as to hold the heel'engaging assembly out ofthe way when a shoe is being placed on the last 28.

After a shoe has been placed on the last 23 the member 38 and the partsattached thereto is pulled from the clamp so that the spring will raisethe member 38 and the member 4| is raised by a pull upon the handle 48.This raising of the member 4| will tension the spring so that when thehook 48 is placed over the inner edge of the heel of the shoe the springwill cause the hook to remain in flrm engagement with the heel and thusthe shoe is flrmly held on the last so that it can be cleaned andpolished. When it is desired to remove the shoefrom the last the handle48 is grasped and the member 4| pulled upwardly and at the same time themember 38 is assesses pushed downwardly into the clamp 88 and then theshoe can be removed from the last.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a cabinet for containingarticles used in cleaning and polishing shoes with two members forholding the shoes while the same are being cleaned and polished, withthese parts so arranged that they will not interfere with the cleaningand polishing of the shoes, and the device is so formed that shoes ofdifferent sizes can be placed thereon; It will, of course, be understoodthat different sizes of lasts 29 can be used say, one for childrenshoes, another for ladies shoes and still another for men shoes.

Preferably thenuts l8 are formed by punching invention will be readilyapparent.

invention, what is a flat part against which a sole of a shoe rests,

heel engaging clamps carried by the upright member, screw means foradjusting the clamps for engaging the sides of a heel, said clampshaving a flat lower edge, a plate slidably engaged by said lower edge ofthe clamp to retain the upper edge of the clamp in an upright positionand clamps carried by the upright member for engaging side portions ofthe sole of a shoe.

2. In a device of the class described, a shoe support including, anupright member having a flat part against which a sole of a shoe rests,heel engaging clamps carried by the upright member, screw means foradjusting the clamps for engaging the sides of a heel, said clampshaving a flat lower edge, a plate slidably engaged by said lower edge ofthe clamp to retain the upper edge of the clamp in an upright positionand clamps carried by the upright member for engaging side portions ofthe sole of a shoe, and means for adjusting the last-mentioned clamps tosuit soles of different thicknesses.

3. In a device of the class described, a shoe support including anupright member having a flat part against which the sole and heel of ashoe is adapted to rest, heel engaging clamps carried by the uprightmember, screw means for adjusting the clamps toward and away from eachother to cause the clamps to engage the sides of a shoe heel, saidclamps having a flat lower edge, a plate slidably engaged by said loweredge of the clamp to retain the upper edge of the clamp in an uprightposition means for adjusting the clamps longitudinally on the uprightmember, a pair of clamps on an intermediate part of the upright memberfor engaging the side edges of the sole of a shoe, and means foradjusting the last; mentioned clamps to suit soles of differentthicknesses.

WILBUR E. LANDERS.

